Accounts Receivable Analyst
Company: Aspire Bakeries
Location: Newark
Posted on: April 20, 2024
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Job Description:
Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a
leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from
leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes
breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries
from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun
Farm Bakery. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to
driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and
flavors, and exceeding our customers
expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity,
Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver
on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.As we
continue to strengthen our infrastructure, the Accounts Receivable
Analyst must possess the knowledge, skills and ability to develop,
test and implement complex reports and analysis utilizing Advanced
Excel, Business Objects, SAP and others. Key responsibilities
include reporting and analysis, managing department Intranet site,
credit card administration, documentation of processes and training
and root cause analysis of issues relating to reporting. Heavy
emphasis on automation and improving processesResponsibilities:
Active participation with leading and driving results to meet
individual, team, and department objectives. Includes training,
identifying process improvements, proposing solutions and leading
the implementation resolution(s). Serve as subject matter expert on
department processes and procedures, SAP and BI, collections and
deductions. Train team members and other business users. Includes
preparation of training documentation. Lead and participate with AR
s testing needs that includes SAP, Business Objects, and other
various testing needs. Play an integral role in company
implementations to support the needs of the evolving business
Establish and maintain strong working relationships with customers
and other functional groups at all levels, including executive
decision makers. Keep management apprised of unusual or
non-standard issues and escalate when appropriate. Conduct timely
research, analysis and decision making for resolution of deductions
and disputed items, short/over-payments on own portfolio while
serving as subject matter expert and assisting team members.
Reconcile accounts in timely manner; analysis of transactions and
initiate credits and adjustments to accounts, as well as accurate
clearing of corresponding credits and debits. Identify and resolve
order-to-cash root cause issues that impede invoicing, collections,
and deduction resolution. Includes initiating and driving cross
functional resolutions. Review orders on credit hold and personally
take appropriate action to ensure delivery dates met. Initiate and
maintain complete, accurate and updated records of contacts,
collection activities and account reconciliations. Financial risk
analysis to update credit limits within level of authority and/or
make recommendations to management.Overall responsibility for a
complex receivable portfolio including: Independently plan, analyze
and carry out collection of past due accounts on own portfolio
while collaborating with team members to drive issues through
resolution to maximize cash flow and proactively communicate to the
stream. Identify deviations from policy and practice and propose
and implement remediation.Qualifications: Bachelor s degree or
equivalent experience in accounting preferably in accounts
receivable. Strong technical skills with SAP, Advanced Microsoft
Office (emphasis on Excel; macros, lookups, data manipulation and
graphing) skills. Strong initiative and ability to manage multiple
tasks. Must be detail oriented with strong organizational,
analytical and trouble shooting skills. Must have a flexible
schedule to work at month-end close. Must maintain knowledge and
stay abreast of developments in the field of technology.Aspire
Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Keywords: Aspire Bakeries, Palo Alto , Accounts Receivable Analyst, Professions , Newark, California
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